According to the beliefs of the Wahhabi
cult, there is no difference between the
Meccan polytheists and the majority of Muslims, whom they label “Quburis” (grave worshippers), as both,
according to their view, have the same belief by which
they sought help and intercession from the souls of the “dead holy men”.
The
point to
be refuted here is the false impression
created whereby the Meccan polytheists
supposedly took the objects they worshipped as mere
dead /souls of the dead.
The
idols were taken only as a representation of some holy men and hence, according
to them, there is no real difference between those facing a grave and those
facing an idol. In their imagination therefore, the grave the Muslims face is
in and of itself an idol, that Muslims are worshipping; hence the label “Quburis” they slander Muslims with. The Meccan Polytheists and “Quburis”
are allegedly united in the belief of seeking help from the souls of such dead
individuals.
The
falsehood of this claim is proven without a shadow of doubt by numerous
unambiguous Quranic verses that mention the fact that the polytheists never
believed in resurrection in the first place.
Some
of these verses are related below:
[Quran 17:]{49 They also say, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and
dust, shall we really be raised up in a new act of creation?’
50 Say, ‘[Yes] even if you were [as hard as] stone, or iron,
51 or any other substance you think hard to bring to life.’ Then they will say, ‘Who will bring us back?’ Say, ‘The One who created you the first time.’ Then they will shake their heads at you and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may well be very soon}
50 Say, ‘[Yes] even if you were [as hard as] stone, or iron,
51 or any other substance you think hard to bring to life.’ Then they will say, ‘Who will bring us back?’ Say, ‘The One who created you the first time.’ Then they will shake their heads at you and say, ‘When will that be?’ Say, ‘It may well be very soon}
[Quran 17:]{98 This is what they will get for rejecting Our signs
and saying, ‘What? When we are turned to bones and dust, how can we be raised
in a new act of creation?’
99 Do they not see that God, who created the heavens and earth, can create the likes of them [anew]?}
99 Do they not see that God, who created the heavens and earth, can create the likes of them [anew]?}
[Quran 19:]{66 Man says, ‘What? Once I am dead, will I be brought
back to life?’ 67but does man not remember that We created him when he was
nothing before? }
[Quran 23:]{33 But the leading disbelievers among his people, who
denied the Meeting in the Hereafter, to whom We had granted ease and plenty in
this life, said, ‘He is just a mortal like you- he eats what you eat and drinks
what you drink-
34 and you will really be losers if you obey a mortal like yourselves.
35How can he promise you that after you die and become dust and bones you will be brought out alive?36What you are promised is very farfetched.
37 There is only the life of this world: we die, we live, but we will never be resurrected.}
34 and you will really be losers if you obey a mortal like yourselves.
35How can he promise you that after you die and become dust and bones you will be brought out alive?36What you are promised is very farfetched.
37 There is only the life of this world: we die, we live, but we will never be resurrected.}
[Quran 23:]{81 But, like others before them,
82 they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?
83We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’}
82 they say, ‘What? When we die and turn to dust and bones, shall we really be resurrected?
83We have heard such promises before, and so did our forefathers. These are just ancient fables.’}
[Quran 34:]{3 Still, the disbelievers say, ‘The Last Hour will never
come upon us.’}
[Quran 36:]{77 Can man not see that We created him from a drop of
fluid? Yet- lo and behold!- he disputes openly,
78 producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’
79 Say, ‘He who created them in the first place will give them life again: He has full knowledge of every act of creation.}
78 producing arguments against Us, forgetting his own creation. He says, ‘Who can give life back to bones after they have decayed?’
79 Say, ‘He who created them in the first place will give them life again: He has full knowledge of every act of creation.}
[Quran 37:]{13 take no heed when they are warned,
14 and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,
15 saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
16‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,
17 along with our forefathers?’}
14 and resort to ridicule when they see a sign,
15 saying, ‘This is no more than blatant sorcery.’
16‘What! After we have died and become dust and bones, shall we really be raised up again,
17 along with our forefathers?’}
[Quran 56:]{41 But those on the Left, what people they are!
42 They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water
43 in the shadow of black smoke,
44 neither cool nor refreshing.
45 Before, they overindulged in luxury
46 and persisted in great sin,
47 always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up? 48 And our earliest forefathers too?’}
42 They will dwell amid scorching wind and scalding water
43 in the shadow of black smoke,
44 neither cool nor refreshing.
45 Before, they overindulged in luxury
46 and persisted in great sin,
47 always saying, ‘What? When we are dead and have become dust and bones, shall we then be raised up? 48 And our earliest forefathers too?’}
[Quran 79:]{10They say, ‘What? shall we be brought back to
life,
11 after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,
12 ‘Such a return is impossible!}
11 after we have turned into decayed bones?’ and they say,
12 ‘Such a return is impossible!}
Therefore
it is established from the Quran that the polytheists
rejected the belief of humans being resurrected after death and mocked such a
belief.
Then how could someone who disbelieves in resurrection and equates the dead
with nothing more than dust and bones, be one who worshipped the dead or
indulged in “glorifying graves” ?
Such
are baseless claims in contradiction to what is established in the Quran.
These unambiguous verses instead establish the following proofs against
the Wahhabi cult:
1) Their utter ignorance on the belief of the polytheists.
2) Their false equating of the belief of Muslims with the
belief of polytheists.
3) The false belief that Meccan polytheists did not commit
shirk in their belief or in Oneness of Allah Lordship.
Such
is proven false here by fact that polytheists
believed not in the resurrection, nor gave the
dead a value except of being dead bones and dust.
And
hence their belief on the objects they worshipped was something other
than being mere dead men. It is inferred
therefore that they instead considered the objects of worship as living on
account of some attribute of Divinity/Lordship they were ascribed with, as
this is consistent with their belief that the objects they worshipped were
taken as sons and daughters of Allah, hence by which divine status they were
unlike the mortal men.
In
conclusion,
far from being “Quburis”, the polytheists
instead mocked the belief of resurrection and infact more resemble the Wahhabis themselves who in their Muatazilite tendancy consider the graves as nothing
more than dust and bones
and mock the belief of Muslims regarding the life in graves as “Qurafaat” and “ancient fables”.